Where Senses Intertwine with the Land's Memories.
A memory of the land, sensed through all five.
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Concept
A single step into the silence, and the memories woven by the land unfold.
Founded in 1717, the former Hashimoto sake brewery in Tsuwano has been transformed into Wakatsuki — a space that inherits three hundred years of memory while breathing today. Here, the wisdom and spirit of Tsuwano, polished by climate and history, remain intact. Silence and shadow, local food and culture intertwine, and the place rises again as an installation of the land itself. When you open your senses, the boundary between place and self gently overlaps. Listen to the voice rising from deep introspection, and let the land and you quietly meet — a discreet hideaway for grown-ups in search of the authentic.
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Your Retreat
An exclusive-use auberge where tradition and the contemporary find harmony.
A former main house and storehouse built in the early Meiji era, faithfully restored in tradition yet renewed with contemporary design — this is the lodging of Wakatsuki. In the registered cultural property of "Honan", a private garden, study, a bath converted from the storehouse ("tainai-yoku"), and an installation in a former tea-room rendered as an anechoic chamber await — each one a setting that sharpens the five senses. The three detached pavilions ("Hanare") are wa-modern compositions of Sekishū paper, tiles and original beams, offering quiet time spent with land and material. Privatised like one's own retreat, a unique hideaway where the breath of the land is heard.
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Memory of the land. Tsuwano gastronomy.
We weave the finest ingredients sleeping in the satoyama, one plate at a time. "Uzume-mochi" reimagines the local dish uzume-meshi as a satoimo cake; the grilled ayu carries the scent of a cloud sea through instant smoking; an amuse-bouche shaped after the shrimp crest of the former Hashimoto sake brewery is set to a sweet shrimp pudding. The vessels too are mostly Iwami pottery and Sekishū tiles, weaving the very texture of the earth into your experience. Ingredients and vessels, scent and taste, sight and touch — Wakatsuki Saryō is a gastronomic space that paints the memory and culture of the region onto each plate, in dialogue with the land through all five senses.
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